1983 REPORT: Diagnosis ( EARLY AIDS DOCUMENTARY )

"This KCTS/9 documentary special takes a comprehensive look at the latest information on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and examines the impact AIDS is having on our society. The program features interviews with leading medical experts, several national opinion leaders and AIDS victims, and looks at the effects the disease has had on the male homosexual community, whose members are the most frequent victims of AIDS. Supplementing the documentary is coverage of the fifth annual meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Disease, and footage of two of the principal government agencies responsible for dealing with the AIDS problem."--1983 Peabody Awards entry form. Dr. Barry Mitzman is the ground reporter. Interviewees include many US citizens, Dr. Hunter Handsfield, Dr. James Curran, Margaret Heckler, Dr. Alfred Katz, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Richard Krause, and Gay Rights Activist Bobbi Campbell.